And THIS was at The Hobbit.
It has to be done.
So there’s a pub in Southampton called The Hobbit. Smokey Bastard have played there a bunch of times, mostly because it’s an awesome place but also because Mike worked there throughout the end of Uni and the year or so he spent in Southampton after he graduated. It’s also awesome at live music and it’s got Lord of The Rings themed cocktails (which I have partaken of entirely in one fateful night). Similarly, LOTR themed shooters (which I have not partaken of). It’s also got awesome staff, former staff and regulars, is some of my favourite people’s local pub and serves Old Rosie on draught (although I’m not allowed to drink that anymore).
So y’know, it’s a pretty special place.
The guy who owns the rights to The Hobbit movie has been mildly snubbed by the production company who are actually making the film. Since then he/his lawyers have gone around anything Hobbit-themed or using the Hobbit name and attempted or succeeded to launch legal proceedings. I’m not saying he’s in the wrong necessarily, they are using LOTR pictures, names and whatnot BUT he is literally doing this so that it makes him look like the big shot and lets everyone know who ‘owns’ The Hobbit name. Ridiculous.
We should not let this childish man throw his toys out of the pram just because he’s feeling a bit pissed off. It’s bullying and it’s not happening to one of my favourite pubs.
Luckily, there is a HUGE campaign which has reached the ears of such lovely people as Frank Turner and Stephen Fry. I really, really hope that we can beat this. I believe we can.
Last night was fun.
Might even have topped the New Year’s where I stayed in by myself and talked to Jase on the internet for hours.
Lots of laughs, Mike’s band played really well, I didn’t get stupid drunk, just nice drunk and we ended up at the Nag’s at like 3am to see all the directors and regulars absolutely wankered which was hilarious.
The Hobbit do pint cocktails named after Lord of the Rings characters and there are 7 and I drank them ALL. Aragorn is the nicest.
My boyfriend is a damn hotty. A damn talented hotty at that. Went to see his gig on Friday and it was amazing. I had to do the sound for his set as well, not well admittedly, just pushing faders around a bit. Of course then I went and ruined the world, but it doesn’t change his hot hot hotness. Haha this is really going to bother him if he sees it.
This is my boyfriend’s band’s video blog. It’s pretty damn funny and I thought that before so it’s probably not bias. Also, my brother is threatening violence if I tweet anymore about this boy so I should probably stop. If you know anyone who does gigs you should give them one or five, because they’re nice, and pretty damn good. Even more also, said boyfriend occasionally looks at my tumblr and I think he’d find it amusing if I was blogging his face. (Oh, and he’s the fire reporter and the guy in the black baseball cap with the beautiful face).
